Tag Archives: missionary

Blooming where you are planted

We have chipmunks that gather sunflower seeds that fall from the bird feeders and then plant them all over the place.  The other day I took this picture of some sunflower seeds that began blooming in a pot with a … Continue reading

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You answer for you

As I took a picture this morning to advertise the TPM Resource Recovery Center and the OCC Shoebox dropoff location both going on today, a memory and a lesson from the Lord popped into my mind.  The memory is when … Continue reading

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The deal you get when you follow Jesus

I am a bargain shopper.  I always get the sale items, use coupons, and so on.  Yesterday I went to a local grocery store to pick up a few things.  There was a buy one get one free deal on … Continue reading

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Dull, mundane lives

My better half, Diane, is preparing to get back to Frostburg State University for her last semester.  She will graduate in May.  FSU has a long winter break which ends on January 30.  Over this break she has spent a … Continue reading

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Putting on the orange shirts

We have 4 Samaritan’s Purse newbies with us this week in South Carolina.  Yesterday morning they sat through their 30 minute safety & information meeting, received their orange shirts, and set out into the world as part of Samaritan’s Purse. … Continue reading

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A place prepared for you

I know a brother in Christ who is trying to decide what God would have him do next, what God would even have him do today.  I want the brother to join us in Andrews, SC next week, but I … Continue reading

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Show me the way

Our friend and full time missionary, Carrie Roush, called Diane and I last night to talk to us about a traumatic event she and Haitian friends went through in Haiti.  It was something that would have never happened here, but … Continue reading

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A better boss of you than you

Diane and I returned from vacation yesterday.  We came home a day earlier than we had to so we could go to some high school graduation parties we have been invited to.  While in Myrtle Beach for a couple of … Continue reading

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Selfishly giving away everything you own

I owned a 5 speed manual transmission red 1989 Ford Aspire just like the one in the picture.  It had 60,000 miles on it when I bought it in the late 1990’s, and it got 40 miles per gallon.  I … Continue reading

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This freaky plant and Lent

I love plants.  We have a peace lily that’s 13 years old.  We have a snake plant that belonged to Diane’s grandmother that has to be over 30 years old, still in her grandmother’s pot.  I have a plant in … Continue reading

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